Poems
- أبي منه الخبرI want news from him, but he says, 'No.'
- احب الليلI love the night and the stars of the nights.
- احذر عدوكEveryone is accustomed to the origin and upbringing of their ancestors
- احلى عذابThe sweetest torment is the one my beloved has chosen for me.
- اذكرينيWhenever a moon embraces your gaze,
- ارفع راسك انت سعودي !Raise your head, you are Saudi
- استطيعI can keep my tongue from speaking,
- أستكثركMy time deemed you too much for me and took you away.
- اعظم الحبThe greatest love is in harmony of nature
- افكاريI ran after my fugitive, rebellious thoughts.
- الحزن في صوتكThe sorrow in your voice disturbed my inner calm.
- الزكمهShe comes to me by appointment, and she has come without one.
- الله أكبرGod is greatest! How eyes can wound!
- الله ياهمGod, what sorrow I have borne alone!
- اللي تودّهIf ever the one you love shuns you,
- المعاناةO night, tell me about the nature of suffering.
- الواجب اكبرFrom the gardens of glory, to the glories of Kuwait
- الونّهI moan, and the winds of the nights make me moan.
- امسح الدمعةWipe away the tear; know that your weakness is strong.
- أنا والصحاريI, the deserts, the rain, the horse, and the birds,
- أوّاه يا قلبOh aching heart, you fell in love
- بنات الريحAmong the daughters of the wind, I have a skittish, yellow-coated mare.
- بنت الكحيلةMy filly is a daughter of al-Kuhaylah,
- بنت كحيلهMy filly is the daughter of al-Kuhaylah.
- تدلل عليناLet yourself be pampered by us, O gazelle's namesake—why not?
- تستاهل الحبA Najdi woman—she deserves love,
- تعبت عيونيMy eyes grew weary just searching and watching,
- جرح القصيدهMy poem is wounded by you.
- حدر القمرBeneath the moon, he called out to his beloved and hailed him.
- حمام شهارThe sight of Shahar's doves stirred deep longing in me.
- حنا العربWe Arabs, O you who claim Arabism
- دستورWith your leave, O western coast.
- راس السنهToday is the first day of the year, and yesterday was the last of the old year.
- ساعة العيدO hour of joy, I longed for Eid
- سحابO cloud, I love you more than life itself
- سريتI traveled through love's night until its light dawned.
- سمرتI spent the night with the letters of rhyme.
- صاحب الحاجهWhoever has a need persists, however long it lasts.
- صادني قبل أصيدهI no longer have any need to pursue game,
- ضايق الصدرYou who are troubled at heart, for God's sake, ease your mind.
- ظلمتنيYou wronged me, and mighty God will repay you.
- عز القصيدPoetry has grown elusive, and its letters have quarreled with me.
- عنود الصيدAmong the traits of elusive game are its many passing whims.
- عيون الهنوفهA glance of the doe-eyed maidens' eyes enthralled me
- غالي الاثمانO precious one, they made you dearer by far,
- غريب الدارA stranger far from home, I long for solace.
- فدوة عيونكEven if the soul of the one who cherishes you were lost, it would be a ransom for your eyes.
- فز الخفوقMy heart leapt, and I said: O God, may it be good!
- في غربتيIn my exile, I crossed paths with a caravan of strangers.
- قريت خطّكI read your letter in full ten times.
- قسوةEnglish translation unavailable
- قلبي الليMy heart, which a twist of fate has wrung,
- لا والذي صوركNo, by the One who fashioned you, none has pleased my eye
- لايطول غيابكDo not prolong your absence, then blame it
- لبست الليلI donned the night, and her moon embraced me.
- للدار وحشة !The home is lonely in the absence of the master of the generous.
- لو نسيتEven if I forgot my whole life, I would not forget your tear.
- ليالي نجدNights of Najd, no nights are like you.
- ليتك معيIf only you were with me, awake through the whole night of love.
- ما ينسينا الخطاKissing noses will not make us forget wrongdoing.
- مجموعة انسانShe said, “Who are you?” I said, “A multitude in one human being.”
- محريٍ بالخيرYou promise good, O rising raincloud.
- مدور الهينO seeker of ease, know this: the difficult is sweeter.
- مرت الستينSixty years have passed, and the old man is a child.
- مرتاح أحبكI'm content to love you, and I've told no one;
- من بنات الريحAmong the daughters of the wind, I have a skittish golden mare.
- من شمالA gentle breeze blew toward me from the north,
- من كثر حبيOut of my great love for you, I left you and turned away.
- من يقول الليلWho says the night is blind to a lover?
- نامت عيونيMy eyes fell asleep upon your beauty, and I saw you in a dream.
- نستعجل الأيامWe hurry the days along, though our lives are but days.
- هذا عطاكO you who have filled my whole life with wounds.
- وش لونك؟If you ask what is my color, storms in sorrows
- يا زمان العجايبO age of wonders, what has yet to appear?
- يا صاحO friend, my heart is wounded by love.
- يا صقرO falcon, how I envy your good fortune: you have wings to fly.
- يا قديم الغوصO seasoned diver in the sea of love,
- يا من سلامهO you who greet me—welcome, my beloved.
- ياساعة الفرحةO hour of joy, I have longed for Eid.
- ياسيّدي عاش راسكO my lord, long live your head—long live it!
- ياصقرO falcon, how fortunate you are—you have a wing to fly with.
- ياطاردO you chasing the one who has gone, let him go his own way.
- ياعابر الخاطرO passer through my mind, I pictured your meaning.
- ياقصيدة عمريO poem of my life, you who write me,
- ياللي تعرفونO you who know love, do not blame me.
- يزحف الموتHe began frothing after that roar,
- يوم انا طالبWhen I was a student, I thought I understood
- يوم ميلاديMy birthday comes around each year.
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